From nobody Tue Jun 28 22:13:39 2022 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80B518778AA for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2022 22:13:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomdean@wavecable.com) Received: from smtp.wave.syn-alias.com (smtp.wave.syn-alias.com [129.159.93.171]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4LXf4q35cXz4hBJ for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2022 22:13:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomdean@wavecable.com) X-Authed-Username: dG9tZGVhbkB3YXZlY2FibGUuY29t Received: from [24.113.143.192] ([24.113.143.192:36286] helo=[192.168.1.150]) by mail.wavecable.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 4.4.0.19839 r(msys-ecelerity:tags/4.4.0.0^0)) with ESMTPA id E9/A5-21575-41D7BB26; Tue, 28 Jun 2022 18:13:41 -0400 Message-ID: <5096b1f1-c1e7-47c8-3912-d4988fc27924@wavecable.com> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 15:13:39 -0700 List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.9.1 Subject: Re: hardware recommendation Content-Language: en-US To: questions@freebsd.org References: <25275.14490.634554.58598@jerusalem.litteratus.org> From: "Thomas D. Dean" In-Reply-To: <25275.14490.634554.58598@jerusalem.litteratus.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Vade-Verdict: clean X-Vade-Analysis-1: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvfedrudegkedgtdehucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhho X-Vade-Analysis-2: fhhilhgvmecuufgjpfetvefqtfdphgetggfgpdfgpfggqdghtegggfdpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhht X-Vade-Analysis-3: mecufedtudenucenucfjughrpefkffggfgfuvfhfhfgjtgfgsehtjeertddtfeejnecuhfhrohhmpedf X-Vade-Analysis-4: vfhhohhmrghsucffrdcuffgvrghnfdcuoehtohhmuggvrghnseifrghvvggtrggslhgvrdgtohhmqeen X-Vade-Analysis-5: ucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeekieduledugeekteffteejkeelleevgfetveetffffudefueeugeethfdv X-Vade-Analysis-6: veejudenucfkphepvdegrdduudefrddugeefrdduledvnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenucfr X-Vade-Analysis-7: rghrrghmpehinhgvthepvdegrdduudefrddugeefrdduledvpdhhvghloheplgduledvrdduieekrddu X-Vade-Analysis-8: rdduhedtngdpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehtohhmuggvrghnseifrghvvggtrggslhgvrdgtohhmpdhrtghp X-Vade-Analysis-9: thhtohepqhhuvghsthhiohhnshesfhhrvggvsghsugdrohhrghdphhhoshhtpehsmhhtphdrvghmvghr X-Vade-Analysis-10: rghlugdrvghmrghilhdqrghshhdurdhshihntgdrlhgrnhdpshhpfhepshhofhhtfhgrihhlpdgukhhi X-Vade-Analysis-11: mheppdhnsggprhgtphhtthhopedupdetuhhthhdqfghsvghrpehtohhmuggvrghn X-Vade-Client: EMERALD X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4LXf4q35cXz4hBJ X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of tomdean@wavecable.com designates 129.159.93.171 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=tomdean@wavecable.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.29 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[24.113.143.192:received]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:129.159.93.171]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[wavecable.com]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-0.998]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.99)[-0.991]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:31898, ipnet:129.159.64.0/18, country:US]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On 6/28/22 10:21, Robert Huff wrote: > > A disk drive on one of my machines is dying. > I'd like to replace it with a _reliable_ (the old one lasted 10+ > years at moderate loads) consumer-grade SATA II or higher drive of at > least 500 gbytes. > Any particular product lines getting consistantly good reviews? > And what should I avoid like flesh-eating bacteria? > I have been running this for several years, 24x7. > fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 931.53 GiB, 1000204886016 bytes, 1953525168 sectors Disk model: CT1000MX500SSD1 Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes Disklabel type: dos Disk identifier: 0x9346b91e Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type /dev/sda1 2048 1953523711 1953521664 931.5G 83 Linux Tom Dean